How Many People Are Named Rajiv?
people named Rajiv are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 441,012 people in the US has this name
Based on 820 babies named Rajiv in Social Security records from 1962 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
60 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "striped" in Sanskrit. This is used to refer to the blue lotus in Hindu texts.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rajiv in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rajiv alive today is about 36 years old, and 66% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rajiv first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1985, to 60 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Rajiv has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,237, in 1985.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,237 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,120 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rajiv alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rajiv were born in New York than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rajiv was given 6.8 times as often in New York and 2.6 times in California.
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